Canadian Moving Picture Digest (Jul 28, 1956)

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JAY L. SMITH
EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER

VOL. 48, NO. 31

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By JAY L. SMITH

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The Canadian Broadcasting Cor-
poration, in its annual report re-
leased last week, revealed that it
wound up the year ending March
31, 1956, with a deficit of $1,358,-
621 for its combined radio and te-
levision operations, as against a
profit of $4,267,668 the previous
year.

Breakdown of the figures con-
tained in the annual report shows
that in the television field, the CBC
operating expenditures for Cana-
da’s two-language, publicly-owned
television system rose to $25,274,-
260 compared with $15,915,901.

Commercial television revenues
continued to rise, increasing to
$7,403,438 from $4,157,325 in
1954-55, but income from the tax
on the sales of sets and parts rose
by only $778,026 to $17,737,991.
These two sources made up the
bulk of the total operating revenue
of $25,362,088.

Thus the TV service finished the
year with a profit of $1,071,791
after allowing for depreciation. in
1954-55, profit on the TV service
was $4,479,421.

In the radio broadcasting field,
advertising revenues continued to
decline almost entirely offsetting
an unexpected increase in revenue
from the tax on sales of radio sets
and parts. The CBC ended the year
with a deficit of $286,830 on its
sound service after providing for
depreciation. This was about
$75,000 greater than the 1954-55
deficit in radio.

The report estimates that more
than 2,000,000 homes are equip-
ped with TV receivers in Canada,
and that television service has been
brought within reach of 80 per
cent of the population. There are
six CBC and 22 privately-owned

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Daily Papers Play Up Charges
Of Monopolistic Film Tactics

(Special to The Digest from our Winnipeg Correspondent)
Winnipeg: Space on the front page of local dailies for movie houses
is a rarity, but the Circus Drive-In, Kirkfield Park, St. James, Man., has
been really breaking into print. A short time ago it was reported that the

Fred Leavens New
Regional Supervisor

Toronto: Fred C. Leavens, form-
er manager of the Circle Theatre,
Toronto, and at the Elmdale, Ot-
tawa, for the past five years, moves
into Odeon headquarters at 20
Carlton Street, Sept. 1, to become
supervisor of Regional Theatres

(See LEAVENS Page 4)

Circus Drive-In was admitting pa-
trons free of charge, and one
wondered how long it would last.
Local dailies investigated and
found that Harold Diamond, mana-
ger of the independently-owned
dirve-in intends to go on showing
free movies indefinitely, and-he is
protesting against what he calls,
“monopolistic” theatre tactics in
Greater Winnipeg.
(See “’PEG DRIVE-IN” Page 5)

RKO Featuring ‘‘Dan O’Shea
Sales Drive’, Aug. 31-Dec. 20

Toronto: Jack Labow, Canadian District Manager for RKO, on the
eve of departure for a series of meetings with branch managers and sales-
men across Canada, pledged the whole-hearted support of the Canadian

district, and its six branches, to the
“Dan O’Shea Drive,” announced
last week by Walter Branson,
RKO’s Vice-President in Charge
of World-Wide Distribution.

“Canada was right up at the
top of the list in RKO’s last sales
drive,” said Labow, “and you can
be sure we will all be in there
pitching to make an even better
showing for the new RKO.”

In announcing the sales drive,
which will run for 16 weeks be-

(See RKO DRIVE Page 4)

More Tax Relief

Owen Sound: The four theatres
at Owen Sound are the second
group in Ontario to secure a tax
concession from a municipality,
the result of a campaign by the
Centre, Roxy, Classic and Savoy.
The successful result brought a
reduction in the local seat tax from
25c to 10c per year. Previously
the four theatres at Oshawa secured
a substantial reduction in the city’s
annual license fee.

Veteran F-P Ottawa
Operator Passes

Ottawa: Funeral services for
William Herbert (Bill) Hartnett,
who died after a long illness, were
attended by theatre managers and
representatives of the IATSE and
Moving Picture Operators’ Union,
of which he was business manager

(See VETERAN Page 3)

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JULY 28, 1956

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Dydzak-Union Battle
Still Going Strong

Toronto: Continued struggle be-
tween Joseph Dydzak, a_ well-
known drive-in theatre operator,
and the Projectionists’ Union, over
non-union booth help in the drive-
ins at Windsor and Hamilton,
continued this week, with more
peaceful picketing than last week,
when virtual riots occurred at the
Windsor and Clappison Drive-Ins.
At Hamilton, the union distributed
passes in front of the Hamilton
and Clappison Drive-Ins, the passes
good for a free admission to A. I.

(See BATTLE Page 4)

Kalmenson Announces Roy Haines
New W-B General Sales Manager

New York: Roy Haines has been appointed General Sales Manager
of Warner Bros. Pictures,Inc., it was announced last week by Benjamin

Kalmenson, Executive Vice-President.

Division Sales Manager, succeeds
Benjamin Kalmenson as the film
company sales head.

Haines is a seasoned veteran in:
motion picture distribution, with
sales experience throughout the

United States and Canada. Starting:

(See HAINES Page 4)

Mr. Haines, formerly Western

Tax Drops $14,000

Regina: Amusement tax figures
point up the decline in Regina’s
movie attendance. For the first six
months, the total was $46,421, a
drop of $60,049 from the same
time last year.

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5 Features From UA
For August Release

Toronto: Russ-Field’s “Run For
The Sun,” Superscope adventure
spectacle, heads the list of United
Artists features set for Canadian
release in August, it was announced
by Charles $. Chaplin, Canadian
District Manager. The other films
' are “The Beast of Hollow Moun-
tain,” “Huk,” “Hot Cars” and
“Emergency Hospital.”

Filmed on location in Mexico,
“Run For The Sun” stars Richard
Widmark, Trevor Howard and Jane
Greer. Roy Boulting directed and
co-authored the screenplay with
Dudley Nichols. Robert Waterfield
was executive producer. Harry Ta-
telbaum produced the film in Su-
perscope and Technicolor.

“The Beast of Hollow Moun-
tain,” in CinemaScope, Color by
DeLuxe and the new Regiscope
process, was produced by William
and Edward Nassour, and _ stars
Guy Madison and Patricia Medina,
Edward Nassour directed from a
screenplay by Robert Hill.

“Huk,” starring George Mont-
gomery and Mona Freeman, is a
story of post-war upheaval in the
Philippines, where it was filmed on
location near Manila. Collier
Young produced and John Banwell
directed the film from Stirling Sil-
liphant’s screenplay. The picture
was shot in Eastman Color.

“Hot Cars,” Bel-Air Produc-
tions’ expose-drama of the Los
Angeles stolen car racket was pro-
duced by Howard W. Koch and
directed by Donald McDougall.
John Bromfield, Joi Lansing and
Mark Dana are starred and Aubrey
Schenck was the executive produ-
cer:

“Emergency Hospital,” a Bel-
Air Productions’ suspense drama
starring Walter Reed, Margaret
Lindsay, John Archer and Byron
Palmer, was produced by Howard
W. Koch, and directed by Lee Sho-
lem from a screenplay by Don
Martin. Aubrey Schenck was exec-
utive producer .

Sign British Star

Hollywood: Patricia Owen, pro-
minent British stage and TV act-
ress, has been signed to a long-term
contract at 20th Century-Fox and
handed a co-starring role in “Jesse
James” with Robert Wagner and
Jeffrey Hunter.

Producer Herbert Bayard Swope,
Jr., listed a tentative starting date
of the first week in August for the
CinemaScope version of ‘Jesse
James.”

Across

Torento

A repeat engagement of “Guys and Dolls” at regular prices has
been set in as a summer run at the Odeon Theatre on Carlton Street,
Toronto, following its second booking on a similar basis elsewhere in
Ontario. .The attraction recently played first run for three nights at the
Lindsay Drive-In after previously playing a week at an ozoner at
Windsor.

Country

Miss Mary Wallace has resigned as assistant manager of the Lin-
coln Theatre, St. Catharines, to be married. She was assistant for some
16 years to Roy Miller, manager and a past president of the Motion
Picture Theatres Association of Ontario. Miss Davolyn Imrie, who
had been a relief cashier, has been named assistant manager of the
Lincoln.

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The Savoy Theatre, an independent 520-seat house at London,
Ont., has adopted the policy of two admissions for the price of one
for an indefinite period.

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The Scarboro Drive-In Toronto, a unit of 20th Century Theatres,

has installed a king-size moving picture screen.
e e e

Walter Kennedy, Empire-Universal’s veteran drum-beater, was sad-
dened this week by the death in Buffalo of his only brother, Bill.
Winnipeg

Visitors to Winnipeg last week included G. Miller, Kelvington;
C. Bailey, Dryden; Mike Zich, Esterhazy; A. Hart, Preeceville.

e e e

New booker at Warner Bros. is Jules Morry, replacing Joe Brown,
now with United Artists.

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The Northmain Drive-In in Winnipeg, features dancing in its Sky-
lite Roof to the music of Redge Betsly, on Friday evenings.
Vancouver

Sympathy is extended to Maynard Joiner, F-P district manager,
whose mother died here last week in her 90th year.

* e e

Bill Sharp, who operated the biggest circuit of small town theatres,
and the Calgary film exchange screening room for many years before
he retired to live on the Coast, died-at his home in West Vancouver
recently; he was 82. His son, Gray, operates Sharp Theatre Equip-
ments in Calgary.

e e e

The father of Tom Boudreau, manager of the Odeon, Abbotsford,
B.C., died in hospital there recently.

* ° e

Gay Carl, Paradise secretary, is in Calgary for a family re-unioon
with her mother from New York, a sister from California, another
sister who lives in Calgary, and a brother-in-law from England.

a e e

Peggy Menzies, assistant at the Dominion, is on a California vaca-

tion. Al Jenkins, Vogue manager, and family, vacationing at Penticton.
” e e

Competition is real keen with the two drive-in theatres at Pentic-
ton. The Twilight, a new ozoner which opened next door to the. Pines,
and the latter are both featuring bingo, and running free Sunday night
shows sponsored by local service clubs. Split in the business results in
neither showing much profit. Snack bar sales are the difference between
profit and loss, the operators report.

e ° e

Kelowna is also to have a second ozoner, competition to the Boyd

Drive-In. It will be built by Penticton interests, and will hold 500 cars.
e e e

Odeon circuit for the summer season in its suburban theatres are
on a policy of running one complete show nightly at 7.30, with twin
bills featured,

PAGE THREE

VETERAN

(Continued from Page 1)

for many years. The late Bill Hart-
nett was one of the original mem-
bers of the Projectionists’ Union,
which received its charter at the
turn of the century, and was presi-
dent of Local 257 from 1919 to
1925.

Frequent visits to local hospitals
for special treatment of a serious
internal ailment that bedded him
down for long periods, never
seemed to dampen the spirit of the
widely-known and popular behind-
the-scenes theatre man, who, at the
time of his death, was chief pro-
jectionist for Famous Players
Canadian Corporation in Ottawa
and District. He leaves his wife,
the former Gladys Crawley, a son,
William D., one brother and two
sisters.

Lorre In Keaton Film

Hollywood: Famous actor Peter
Lorre has been signed by Para-
mount for the plum role of Holly-
wood’s leading silent-film director
in the VistaVision filming of “The
Buster Keaton Story,” a Robert
Smith-Sidney Sheldon production
to be directed by Sheldon. Lorre
will be the lead support to the
co-starring trio consisting of Don-
ald O’Connor (as Keaton), Ann
Blyth and Rhonda Fleming.

Seaway Closing
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Toronto: With Morrisburg about
to lose its Main Street in the con-
struction of the seaway and hydro
projects on the St. Lawrence River,
the town will lose its present thea-
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stations operating in Canada serv-
ing approximately 9,000,000 Eng-
lish-speaking Canadians, and two
CBC and three private stations
serving some 4,000,000 French-
speaking Canadians.

Seven new stations began opera-
tions in 1955-56, and applications
are before the Board for a number
of additional privately-owned sta-
tions. To date, no privately-owned
station license has been granted in
opposition to a CBC station, .and
the CBC supplies all of the pri-
vately-owned stations now operat-
ing with a national program ser-
vice.

CBC’s national program service
amounting to between 40 and 45
hours a week in English and be-
tween 35 and 40 hours a week in
French was developed for distribu-
tion to areas served by CBC sta-
tions and to other communities
through the co-operation of pri-
vately-owned stations. As at March,
1956, over 55 per cent of the Eng-
lish service, and more than 85 per
cent of the French, was Canadian-
produced.

However, the outlook for the
future looks pretty dismal, accord-
ing to the CBC’s annual report,
and unless the Government comes
up with another method of financ-
ing the operations of the CBC, the
government agency must look for-
ward to a disastrous deficit next
year. As the report states: “For
the year 1956-57, a decline in
revenue from the excise tax on
sales of television sets was expect-
ed, as some heavily populated
areas began to approach saturation.
No large increase in commercial
revenues for the corporation during
the year could be foreseen since
it would have no new transmitting
facilities of its own going into
operation.

“But in the year ahead, the cor-
poration faced a considerable in-
crease in expenditures for televi-
sion to maintain the services in the
two languages for a full 12 months
on the scale as at March, 1956; to
meet previous committments for
new operations during the year;
and to permit normal development
of the service provided to the ex-
isting 33 stations and those to
come into operation during the
year.

“The corporation had some sur-
plus funds, accumulated from pre-
vious years to put forward toward
meeting operating deficits in 1956-
57. But particularly in television it
faced a situation as the year began

F. J. A. McCarthy Gets
New U Executive Post

New York: Universal Pictures
Company, the American distribut-
ing organization for Universal-In-
ternational Pictures, has elevated
Frank J. A. McCarthy, Southern
and Canadian Sales Manager for
the past 15 years, to the post of
assistant general sales manager to
replace the late Raymond E. Moon,
who passed away recently.

McCarthy’s post as Southern
sales manager will be filled by the
promotion of Henry H. Martin,
for the past five years a district
manager with headquarters in Dal-
las. The Canadian part of Mc-
Carthy’s previous title has been
dropped, as Canadian distribution
is handled by Empire-Universal
Films Ltd., with A, W. Perry its
president.

Frank McCarthy is well known
and well liked by everyone in the
Industry, and is a popular figure
in Canada, where he visited many
times since his appointment in 1941
as Southern and Canadian Sales
Manager.

Loew's Profit Off

New York: Consolidated net
profit of Loew’s Incorporated in-
cluding theatre subsidiaries, for the
40 weeks ended June 7, 1956, was
reported to be $2,698,261. This is
equal to Sic per share on 5,303,-
447 shares outstanding compared
with $4,514,242, or 88c per share
on 5,142,615 shares of stock out-
standing in the corresponding per-
iod for the previous year.

Gross sales and operating reve-
nue for these 40 weeks of the
current fiscal year amounted to
$127,992,000 against $131,272,000
for the same period of the previous
year.

in which it would have to reduce
television service considerably un-
less some additional special provi-
sion for funds was made.

“Pending decisions by parliament
regarding the future financing of
the national broadcasting system,
on which the Royal Commission on
Broadcasting was to report, the
corporation was planning to main-
tain services and carry out essen-
tial developments within the limits
of resources available.”

In other words, unless the tax-
payers come up with a new source
of funds for the CBC, it will have
to curtail its services considerably.
Those who support the CBC con-
sider such a curtailment “unthink-
able”, but those who want the tele-
vision field left open to private en-
terprise, will probably cheer the
report.

~“pIeCECT

RKO DRIVE

(Continued from Page 1)

ginning August 31st, Walter Bran-
son stated: “We have a dual pur-
pose in instituting the ‘Dan O’Shea
Drive.’ First, it will give us an
opportunity to show the entire
motion picture industry the new
RKO in action. Secondly, it gives
all of us in sales a means of ex-
pressing to our President, Mr.
O‘Shea, our deep appreciation for
his efforts under the new RKO
management in giving us merch-
andiseable product and a renewed
and active interest in our daily
activities.”

Among the top RKO produc-
tions scheduled to be _ released
during the “Dan O’Shea Drive,”
are “The First Travelling Sales-
lady,” first film to be produced
under the aegis of the new RKO
management, “Back From Eter-
nity,” “Tension At Table Rock,”
“Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,”
“Public Pigeon No. 1,” “Run of
the Arrow,” “Bundle of Joy” and
“The Brave One.”

LEAVENS

(Continued from Page 1)

Circuit, the new subsidiary headed
by Ralph Dale. Jim Harrison,
formerly with Sam Fingold’s Na-
tional Theatres, is in charge of pub-
licity and advertising for RTC and
Bill Munro and Keith Wilson are
the bookers.

BATTLE

(Continued from Page 1)

Rosenberg’s Scenic Drive-In. Dyd-
zak’s answer to this was an adver-
tisement inserted in the Hamilton
Spectator requesting all his patrons
to keep the passes to the Scenic
and he would honor them any night
at either the Clappison or the
Hamilton Drive-In.

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HAINES

(Continued from Page 1)

as a salesman for First National
Pictures, he then became a Branch
Manager for First National, and
subsequently was appointed a Dis-
trict Manager. Mr. Haines then
became Eastern and Canadian
Sales Manager, Southern Division
Manager and Western Division
Manager. In 1941, he was elected
Vice-President of the Vitagraph
Corp. Since 1943, Haines has
been Western’ Division Sales
Manager for Warner Bros. Pic-
tures, Inc.

“I know of no one,” Mr. Kal-
menson said, in announcing the
appointment of Haines as General
Sales Manager, “more uniquely
equipped by experience and per-
sonality to hold the important post
of distribution head than Roy
Haines. He is one of the most re-
spected and best liked figures in
the entire motion picture indus-
try, and I am delighted and proud
that he has seen fit to accept the
position as my successor.”

“Babies” Cast Grows

Hollywood: Rita Johnson has
been cast in an important role in
RKO’s “The Day They Gave
Babies Away,” starring Glynis
Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Patty
McCormack and Rex Thompson.
Allen Reisner directs “Babies,”
with Sam Wisenthal producing.

Dailey Goes Straight

Hollywood: Dan Dailey will
hang up his dancing shoes for his
next picture, having been signed
by MGM to co-star with John
Wayne in “The Wings of Eagles.”
He will portray a Navy mechani-
cal wizard and close friend of
Frank (Spig) Wead, to be played
by Wayne. The picture is schedul-
ed to start soon with John Ford
directing.

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‘PEG DRIVE-IN

(Continued from Page 1)

According to one paper, Mr.
Diamond will lodge a formal pro-
test concerning alleged “theatre
monopoly” in Winnipeg, with the
Combines Investigation Commis-
sion in Ottawa. He alleges that the
Circus Drive-In “is being prevented
by other drive-in theatres and film
distributors from getting the newer
movies that the public wants.” He
charges that three of Greater Win-
nipeg’s major drive-in theatres are
chain-owned, and as such, are pro-
viding second and third-run_pic-
tures in order that the chain’s
downtown theatres are not hurt at-
tendance-wise.”

Mr. Diamond further stated, in
reports carried in the daily press,
that “many drive-in theatres in
Eastern Canada and the United
States are showing first-run moy-
ing pictures.” When the Circus
started letting people in for noth-
ing, the legality of its stand on
taxes was checked, as the Circus
pays no provincial amusement or
“seat” tax on its free admissions.
Says the provincial government:
“Inasmuch as the highest price is
nil, and the tax is 10 per cent of
nil, the tax is nil.”

Diamond’s charges have been re-
futed by theatre chain owners, who
state that as “downtown movie
theatres pay the distributors more
than neighborhoods or drive-ins

~“BIGEST

can,” therefore naturally they get
first-runs.

Meanwhile, the free admissions
every night at the Circus Drive-In
are bringing in capacity crowds,
forcing the management to turn
cars away. Reports here are that
the concession stand is doing a
booming business, grossing as high
as $2,500 per week, giving the
theatre a satisfactory profit on its
Operations, since it is paying a
nominal flat rental to the distribu-
butors for the pictures it is obtain-
ing.

N. B. Diamond’s charges of
“monopoly” were termed “ridicu-
lous” by representatives of both
exhibitors and distributors con-
tacted by The Digest. As one thea-
tre executive pointed out, the
“bidding” system of picture-buying
ing in the U.S. has resulted in a
number of drive-ins obtaining
first-run pictures in opposition to
regular theatres, but this does not
apply in Canada. In certain smaller
situations, where there is possibly
only one regular theatre, plus a
drive-in, the regular theatre cannot
possibly absorb all the product
released during a year from all the
distributors, and the drive-in, as a
result buys pictures which the
regular theatre must pass uv. How-
ever, in the majority of all situa-
tions, the regular theatre charges
considerably higher admission scale
than the drive-ins, and since most
top features are sold on percentage

UA Title Change

Hollywood: The title of Bel-Air
Productions’ “Wanton Murder” has
been changed to “Black Stockings.”
The mystery, based on Peter God-
frey’s novel, will begin principal
photography, on location at Kanab,
Utah, on July 30 for United Artists
release.

terms, the distributors naturally
prefer to sell to the regular theatres
first, and subsequently to the
drive-ins.

Insofar as the Canadian Motion
Picture Distributors’ Association is
concerned, the whole affair in Win-
nipeg is strictly an exhibitors’
problem, according to Clare Ap-
pel, executive secretary of the
Association, who pointed out that
the Association, as a body, could
not, and would not, take any stand
on the argument. “The individual
distributors have a perfect right to
sell their product to the Circus
Drive-In, or any other exhibitor in
Canada, as they see fit,” said Mr.
Appel. “The Association never in-
terferes in any manner, with the
companies’ sales policies, and any
suggestion of ‘monopoly’ as far as
the distributors are concerned is
completely false.”

Licensee of the Circus Drive-In
is Max Shnier, brother-in-law of
Harold Diamond, who manages
the theatre. Shnier is Branch
Manager for IFD in Winnipeg.

PAGE FIVE

Lloyd Nolan Cast

Hollywood: Lloyd Nolan has
been signed by Copa Productions
to co-star with Tyrone Power and
Mai Zetterling in “Seven Waves
Away,” which is before the Cinema-
Scope cameras in London. Richard
Sale directs the Columbia release
from his own screenplay, with Ted
Richmond as executive producer
and John R. Sloan producing.

Sturges To Complete
Hemingway Picture

Hollywood: John Sturges has
een signed by Leland Hayward
to complete the direction of “The
Old Man and the Sea,” film version
of Ernest Hemingway’s Nobel and
Pulitzer Prize novel which Hay-
ward is producing for Warner
Bros.’ presentation, with Spencer
Tracy in the starring role, following
the resignation of Fred Zinne-
man, the starting director.

U-I Buys Indie Film

Hollywood: Universal-Inter-
national has completed negotiations
with Jewel Enterprises for the
acquisition of “Beast of the Ama-
zon,” starring John Bromfizld and
Beverly Garland. The completed
film, directed by Curt Siodmak
from his own original, was filmed
in its entirety in color in the head
hunters region of the upper Ama-
zon with the assistance of the
Brazilian government.

ASTRALS GREAT ARE USER iae
OTHELLO Cannes Prize Winner

TWELFTH NIGHT
ROMEO AND JULIET
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

EVENING OF CHEKHOV

MOUSSORGSK Y |
YOUNG CHOPIN

BORIS GODUNOV

THE GRASSHOPPER

AND 12 OTHERS ALL IN MAGIC COLOR

A Special Presentation Plan Has Been Arranged — Bookings and Information

ASTRAL FILMS LIMITED

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Another
Smash Hit

From
20th Century-Fox

DARRYL F. ZANUCK
presents

IN THE COMPLETE GRANDEUR OF

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RODGERS « ELAMMERSTEINS

COLOR BY DE LUXE

"DEBORAH ERR YUL BRIANER a

with RITA MORENO + MARTIN BENSON - REX THOMPSON

Produced by Directed by Screenplay by

CHARLES BRACKETT - WALTER LANG - ERNEST LEHMAN

Music by and Book and Lyrics by

RICHARD RODGERS - OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN I

From their musical play based on “Anna and The
King of Siam’’ by Margaret Landon
Choreography by

JEROME ROBBINS

OPENING NEXT WEEK IN ALL CANADIAN KEYS